The Partners in Learning (PiL) programme from Microsoft has been running for 5 years now (and 3 years in the UK), and has supported a wide range of educational projects in conjunction with government and educational agencies worldwide. In the UK, we've...

I know it's half-term next week for most of us, but just in case you’re thinking of catching up on some of the things you don't get round to in term time, this Live Meeting could show you a way to change that. (It’s bliss isn’t it, when the corridors...

Learning Platforms and Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are hot topics now, and deservedly so - in many cases they are transforming education and helping make both teaching and learning a more engaging and interactive process.
Most students today...

We have recently published a worldwide guide which provides information about accessibility and accessible technology resources, to help teachers ensure that all students have equal access to learning with technology. For teachers new to accessibility...

A short snippet - the Windows XP version of the RM Asus minibook (also known as the Asus eeePC) was announced at BETT 2008, with availability scheduled for April. Well the RM website is now accepting orders for them. It comes with a decent specification...

As Ray's blog last week noted, data security has been a bit of an oxymoron over the last few months and something that schools, governments and individuals alike are struggling with. A question that we should all be asking ourselves is: do we know who...

We're still in the foothills of a transformed education system. The fact that our national programme to create a transformed education system is called "Building Schools for the Future" is a pretty clear sign that we're looking at this from today's perspective...

Your head teacher may well have received information from Becta and the NEN (National Education Network) about the opportunity to bid for funding to create digital online learning resources. The project will fund 30-50 schools to create and share resources...

Imagine. You're designing a laptop specifically for use in education . How robust do you have to make it?
Is this robust enough? The engineers at RM took theirs into the car park, and then drove cars over one, to see how much abuse it could...